Book Review of
Mushroom Model Publications (MMP)
Single, Vehicle No. 7
Polish Vickers E
Author: Adam Jonca
ISBN: 978-83-67227-15-5
By Ray Mehlberger
Copyright: 2023
MSRP: $11.99
By Ray Mehlberger
Copyright: 2023
MSRP: $11.99
HISTORY:
The Vickers 6-ton tank or Vickers Mark E, also known as the "Six-tonner" was a British light tank designed as a private project at Vickers. It was not adopted by the British Army, but was picked up by many foreign armed forces. It was licensed by the Soviet Union as the T-26. It was also the direct predecessor of the Polish 7TP tank.
SPECIFICATIONS:
Type: Light tank
Place of origin: United Kingdom
In service: 1932–1939 (Poland), 1938–1959 (Finland)
Wars: Chaco War, Spanish Civil War, Second Sino-Japanese War, World War II, Winter War, Franco-Thai War
Designer: John Valentine Carden, Vivian Loyd
Designed: 1928
Manufacturer: Vickers
Mass: 7.3 tonnes (7.2 long tons; 8.0 short tons)
Length: 4.88 m (16 ft 0 in)
Width : 2.41 m (7 ft 11 in)
Height: 2.16 m (7 ft 1 in)
Crew: 3
Armour: 19 to 25 mm (0.75 to 0.98 in)
Main armament: Type A 2 machine guns, Type B 3-pdr (47 mm) gun (with 50 rounds)
Secondary armament: Type B 1 Vickers machine gun
Engine: Armstrong Siddeley petrol of 80–98 hp (60–73 kW)
Power/weight: 11–13 hp/t (8.2–9.7 kW/t)
Suspension: leaf spring bogie
Operational range: 160 km (99 mi)
Maximum speed: 22 mph (35 km/h)
THE BOOK:
Mushroom Model Publication (Stratus) is based in Poland.
This book is of soft-cover in 28 pages in 8 ¼” x 11 ¾” page format.
The cover art shows a color side-profile illustration of a Polish Vickers E light tank, Commander’s Tank II Platoon of the 121st Light Tank Company in a wave-pattern camouflage of sand, red-brown and dark green. With no markings shown.
The book contains two 3-view line-drawing profiles, two 5-view ones, two line-drawing 2-views that are cut-away type and two black and white 3-view profiles.
There are 50 black and white wartime photos included. They show the tank and crews.
This book will be of interest to modelers planning on doing a Vickers E tank and to military historians alike.
I sincerely wish to thank Casemate Publishers for this review sample. Casemate is the N. American distributor of MMP books and all their titles can be viewed on Casemate’s website at:
The Vickers 6-ton tank or Vickers Mark E, also known as the "Six-tonner" was a British light tank designed as a private project at Vickers. It was not adopted by the British Army, but was picked up by many foreign armed forces. It was licensed by the Soviet Union as the T-26. It was also the direct predecessor of the Polish 7TP tank.
SPECIFICATIONS:
Type: Light tank
Place of origin: United Kingdom
In service: 1932–1939 (Poland), 1938–1959 (Finland)
Wars: Chaco War, Spanish Civil War, Second Sino-Japanese War, World War II, Winter War, Franco-Thai War
Designer: John Valentine Carden, Vivian Loyd
Designed: 1928
Manufacturer: Vickers
Mass: 7.3 tonnes (7.2 long tons; 8.0 short tons)
Length: 4.88 m (16 ft 0 in)
Width : 2.41 m (7 ft 11 in)
Height: 2.16 m (7 ft 1 in)
Crew: 3
Armour: 19 to 25 mm (0.75 to 0.98 in)
Main armament: Type A 2 machine guns, Type B 3-pdr (47 mm) gun (with 50 rounds)
Secondary armament: Type B 1 Vickers machine gun
Engine: Armstrong Siddeley petrol of 80–98 hp (60–73 kW)
Power/weight: 11–13 hp/t (8.2–9.7 kW/t)
Suspension: leaf spring bogie
Operational range: 160 km (99 mi)
Maximum speed: 22 mph (35 km/h)
THE BOOK:
Mushroom Model Publication (Stratus) is based in Poland.
This book is of soft-cover in 28 pages in 8 ¼” x 11 ¾” page format.
The cover art shows a color side-profile illustration of a Polish Vickers E light tank, Commander’s Tank II Platoon of the 121st Light Tank Company in a wave-pattern camouflage of sand, red-brown and dark green. With no markings shown.
The book contains two 3-view line-drawing profiles, two 5-view ones, two line-drawing 2-views that are cut-away type and two black and white 3-view profiles.
There are 50 black and white wartime photos included. They show the tank and crews.
This book will be of interest to modelers planning on doing a Vickers E tank and to military historians alike.
I sincerely wish to thank Casemate Publishers for this review sample. Casemate is the N. American distributor of MMP books and all their titles can be viewed on Casemate’s website at:
Highly recommended.